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1. Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock
1973
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-nYd1XIPJc

1. On the Run
2. Money
3. Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrfhWmHxKQI

Would you believe Ive never heard this before? This or any Pink Floyd album.

Speak to Me is a great opener that segues perfectly into Breathe (In the Air). Already the album is immersive, big synthy rock that transports me to a faraway place (the Land of Oz, perhaps???). By the time the vocals come in, Im all in. Ive always had a soft spot for 60s and 70s British rock, though Im not as into most of what gets airplay on classic rock stations. This, thoughthis is the real shit.

On the Run sounds like a Commodore 64 tune this song specifically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOpIbm_XX-k. Ive read that composers like Rob Hubbard were heavily influenced by Pink Floyd; I can hear a lot of the similarities. This synth-bending track is captivating from the first note, a steady pulse that twists around enough to keep me guessing.

Omg Time starts with ticking clocks how did you know I love clock noises in music aaaaahhhh. Theres like a woodblock or something after the clocks recede? Very interesting percussion here. Oh Ive heard Time before, I recognize the singing. That moment when everything crescendos together, A Day in the Life-style Im a sucker for musical moments like that. Sudden unexpected female backup singers! Hanging on in desperation is the quiet English way.

Midway through The Great Gig in the Sky and I realize that music like this is a product of its time, but its also timeless. Like all great art, it exists simultaneously in a state of its own era and of all eras. Piano and guitars and keyboards and a backup singer going ham and somber meditations on life its very period, and yet it speaks to me in a way divorced from time, separate from time. Maybe this is what the band was attempting to do make music that could be listened to hundreds of years later and still feel like a window into 1973.

Another meditation, though this ones just a theory: The Dark Side of the Moon seems to benefit from the format of this topic. Taken in sum, its an experience greater than its individual songs. Like Ive heard some of these songs before but I never paid them much mind. Here though, the whole album experience elevates them significantly.

Money has a sax. I like sax. It also has super weird meter and feedback-heavy guitars. I also like those things. Theres some neat panning in Any Colour You Like. Really, the whole album shows off plenty of audio tricks.

According to Wikipedia, the album is a consideration of the bands deteriorating mental state and approaches the subject through angles including fame, money, death, and the passage of time. Honestly, I would have probably gleaned that much even without the lyrics, which shows how profound the music is.

This was an absolute fucking delight. Thank you azu for exposing me to a band Id heard so much about but never bothered to check out. I know its clich to call things like this experiences, but thats what The Dark Side of the Moon is: an experience, from start to finish.

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That's it! Final thoughts soon!